photo by Dorothea Lange       from a vintage catalog       from U.S. National Archive

he gives his all to a ditch full of coal
a thousand feet underground

she gives her all to a room full of faces
every fall they are 8 years old

he gives his all in a windowless office
kids drawings taped to the walls

she gives her all at the bedsides of the broken
with a voice as soft as gauze

he gave his all in a truck on a convoy
near a city once called Babylon

she gives her all to a man she met in college
who turned out to be just like her mom

he gives his all six days a week
he swears there's nothing he'd rather do

I give my all to you

I give my all

I pledge my allegiance every Sunday & Tuesday to you